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To: Lane3 who wrote (105731)	3/24/2005 10:36:13 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (3) of 793715

We can stop this colloquy any time you want. I'm participating not to promote any POV because I know I won't change any minds but as a sounding board for folks who are clearly upset at what's going on. I'm trying to be helpful. If it's not helpful, we can quit. first of all.... when i say i am tired of the specious argument wrt carrying out HER wishes, it is because each and every argument i have read in favor the state killing her is based upon the accepted (by some) notion that this was terri schiavo's desire. this is the crux of the matter, and i contend that in no WAY was there ever any proof of this being her wish, only the hearsay 'evidence' of the 'husband'... so a little dose of reality here... i'm not going to engage in a theoretical discussion that issues forth from a false premise again, it is a specious argument second of all You're right. We do not know she wants to die. But we do know that a lot of people in her circumstances want to die. So, what do we do about that when we can't ascertain someone's wishes with certainty the answer is simple you do not kill people based upon your subjective view of their quality of life... we're coming at it from a culture-of-self-determination perspective, we respect both potential wishes--life or death--equally and use whatever means we have to sort out who is in which camp. One rates life over liberty. The other rates liberty over life. false. 1. the two are not mutually exclusive 2. without life, there is no liberty...meaning only terri schiavo has the liberty to take her own life we are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for us collectively or individually to PROJECT our notions of what constitutes liberty and happiness as a MEANS to distinguish life is a slippery, slippery slope indeed... the whiff of fascism is in the air <edit> no quite the stench, the supremes have denied terri schiavo her right to live

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